The Rescheduling of Indebtedness of Large Israeli Companies

2013 was the year when repayment obligations finally caught up with some of Israel’s largest corporate borrowers.

The good news is that public works construction projects for municipalities are projected to remain a major sector of construction activity for the foreseeable future. The not-so-good news is that municipal bankruptcy filings are on the rise, and they are likely to increase. The issues facing parties under contract with a municipality when it files for bankruptcy protection are playing out nationally in places like Stockton, California, and Detroit, Michigan.

In addition to the new legal concepts introduced by Amendment 19, several recent high-profile bankruptcy cases have indicated that Israeli insolvency law generally is in a state of transition.

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